you didnt ask for em, but you got em anyway! post yours!
all on right forearm-
zoku- japanese for 'family'
[img]www.ar15.com/members/albums/Hank%2Fzoku%2Ejpg[/img]
zitu- 'truth'
[img]www.ar15.com/members/albums/Hank%2Fzitu%2Ejpg[/img]
tikara- 'strength'
[img]www.ar15.com/members/albums/Hank%2Fchikara%2Ejpg[/img]
left calf- my first! my own design...
[img]www.ar15.com/members/albums/Hank%2Fleftcalf%2Ejpg[/img]
right calf- number two, also my design
[img]www.ar15.com/members/albums/Hank%2Frightcalf%2Ejpg[/img]
all done by dave at underground art, memphis, tn!
more to come after the 11th!

"How long has it been since we've flown through shadows?I have walked on many other planets..."

One question comes to mind about this subject. Why do seemingly American white men seem to always get tattoos of sentences,or words in Japanese? Am I missing something here? I am sure that some have reason but for the people that I know personally. They seem to have no answer. To me If I wanted to say something in my country I believe I will have it inked in English so people will know what it says. Does this make me out of line or what? [marines]

Hank:
Want to be careful not to offend you, 'cause you look like a real toughie in the photo, and those huge tats are an indication of your tolerance for pain, but, I wonder, who translated those characters for you?

Originally Posted By IMHO:
Hank:
Want to be careful not to offend you, 'cause you look like a real toughie in the photo, and those huge tats are an indication of your tolerance for pain, but, I wonder, who translated those characters for you?

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I personaly recognize the last two as correct. I'd have to look up the "family" one though. Any tattoo shop worth it's weight in salt has a few kanji dictionaries around. Some make the mistake of trying to just add words together to make sentences though...biiiig mistake.

Originally Posted By IMHO:
Hank:
I wonder, who translated those characters for you?

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characters were taken from a japanese/english dictionary. and i realize that they are 'loosely' translated, for example, 'i believe the literal translation of the first character, 'zoku', is closer to 'clan'.

"How long has it been since we've flown through shadows?I have walked on many other planets..."

Okay, forgive me if this is a stupid question, but what does "MOLON LABE" mean?
And I agree with Hank that the Japanese characters just look cool - I always wanted to get the Japanese or Chinese character for justice on my arm, but I chickened out.

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Originally Posted By Hank:
here's one from RAINMAN...
he wants some suggestions for stuff to go around it, i was thinking of a betsy ross flag...

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Good idea actually. The flag would allow complementary colors be right next to that blue, so the images would not blend into each other. Keep the 13 star field away from those blue letters and all should be well with it.